Curry

Ditte Bandini ditte.koenig at URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE
Mon Feb 9 17:15:28 UTC 1998


Concerning the currency of the word "curry" by Cunningham´s time, it may
be intersting to note that the first documented usage according to the
Oxford English Dictionary is in the year 1598; it mentions also a
Cooking book (Art of Cookery) of 1747 in which curry is described. etc.

D.B.
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